Bottle



PATENTEDJAN. 19 J. E. SCHNEIDER.

I BOTTLE.

APPLICATION FILED JUI |Y 17, 1903- NO MODEL.

UNITED STATES Patented January 19, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 750,129, dated January19, 1904.

Application filed July 17, 1903. Serial No. 165,986. (No model.) 7 7 Toall whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN EDWARD SCHNEI- DER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Allegheny, in the county of Allegheny and State of.Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBottles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention has relation to the manufacture of bottles, and has forits object the provision of a bottle which when once filled and thenopened for the removal of its contents cannot again be refilled withoutthe fact of its reuse being apparent.

The invention consists in the provision of a bottle of the ordinary orpractically the ordinary configuration of the usual bottle which inorder to be opened will require the destruction of the neck, so that itwill be impossible to again use it as an original package.

The invention further consists in the bottle hereinafter more fullydescribed, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a vertical sectional view of abottle of the ordinary type known as a pocket-flask filled and sealedfor delivery. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the same bottle opened by theremoval of the neck and aportion of the shoulder-oifsets. Fig. 3 is atop view of the bottle shown in Fig 2, and Fig. 4L is a verticalsectional view of a modification.

While I have illustrated my invention as ap plied to an ordinary flask,it is of course obvious that it can be-applied to bottles of anyshape-such as square, round, &c.as the improvement or change is only inthe neck and shoulders and does not affect the body of the bottle.

In the drawings, A represents the body of the bottle, and a a theshoulder-offsets, which, as shown, are extended so as to reach for aconsiderable distance on the neck or throat a and have a groove 6extending across and around both shoulder-offsets and also across bothsides of the neck, this groove forming what I call a breaking-joint ofthe bottle.

In filling the bottle the contents are, as usual, poured through theneck a and a short cork 03 inserted and driven in until its bottom isbelow the elongated shoulder-offsets a a and its top below the top ofthe neck. After the cork has been driven in a suitable distance asealing substance, such as cement or plasterof-paris, is used to fill upthe space between the cork and the upper edge of the neck.

If now any attempt is made to open the bottle in the ordinary way bywithdrawing the cork, the seal of cement or other material will firsthave to be broken, which would at once show that the contents had beentampered with and would warn the purchaser. In order to properly openthe bottle, the neck must be broken off at the groove 6, and when openedin this way, which can easily be done by a smart.

stroke on the neck anywhere above the groove,

the bottlev cannot be recorked, as not alonethe neck, but the upperportion of both or one of the shoulder-offsets, (if the bottle be madewith one,) is broken away.

While I have described both shoulder-ofisets as being elongated andgrooved, it is very obvious that if only one shoulder-offset is thusprovided, as shown in Fig. 4, the bottle when opened in the proper wayby cracking off the neck will be non-refillable.

The ordinary bottle-molds now in use can be readily adapted to blow myimproved bottle by slightly changing the shape of the upper portion ofthe shoulder-forming parts, and the bottle can be as easily and cheaplymade as the ordinary bottle.

Having described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by LettersPatent 1. A bottle having aneck, aportion of which is of incompletecylindrical shape interiorly, and having a groove surrounding said neckportion, whereby, when the bottle is ruptured on the groove-line anon-cylindrical opening will be left.

2. A bottle having a neck and oppositelytally, to facilitate separationof the neck and located shoulder-oflsets and a grooved breakoflsets fromthe body of the bottle. IO ing-joint extending around said neck and off-In testimony whereof I atfiX my signature in sets, whereby, When theneck is broken, on said presence of two Witnesses. 5 joint, anon-cylindrical opening will be left. JOHN EDWARD SCHNEIDER.

3. A non-refillable bottle consisting of a Witnesses: body, elongatedshoulder-ofl'sets and a neck, FRED J. GALLOWAY,

said offsets and neck being grooved horizon- A. A. CoNNoLLY.

